HomeMy WebLinkAbout16-051RESOLUTION NO. 16-051
A RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY
OF CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA'S
TREASURE COAST DIVISION IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida has made the
following determinations:
1. Children's Home Society created the Treasure Coast Division to serve the children and
families of Florida's 19th Judicial Circuit in 1991.
2. Children's Home Society, Treasure Coast Division, currently serves over 11,000children and
families annually in Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, and St. Lucie Counties.
3. Children's Home Society of Florida, Treasure Coast Division, collaborates with community
partners to ensure that children and families are safe, healthy, and prepared for life.
4. Children's Home Society of Florida, Treasure Coast Division, operates eight different
programs serving children and youth from birth to age 23, as well as providing assistance
to create strong, stable families.
5. Children's Home Society of Florida, Treasure Coast Division, offers services including
adoptions, foster care case management, shelter for runaway youth and for youth who
have aged out of foster care, family crisis support services, life skills and pregnancy
prevention, elementary truancy prevention, and the Child Protection Team
6. Children's Home Society of Florida, Treasure Coast Division, works to break the
generational cycle of child abuse in families, protect children from harm, and heal children
who have been hurt.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED bythe Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County,
Florida that this Board does hereby proclaim the month of April 2016 as "Children's Home Society
Treasure Coast Division 25th Anniversary Month" in St. Lucie County, Florida. In honor of this
event, this Board is grateful for the support of community agencies who work together to stop the
cycle of abuse and neglect of children throughout the Treasure Coast.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 5th day of April 2016.
ATTEST:
BOARD OF COUr Y COMMI�ONERS
ST. LUCIE CQU�QTY, Fj4RID/4,
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DEPUTY CLERK CHAI
APPROVED AS TO fjDRMA14D CORRECTNESS:
COUNTY ATTORN